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Show A POLITICAL OUTLOOK. Under this caption tho following I communication has been handed us fori publication, to which wo give space, I while we do not endorse the conclu-1 sions drawn: Since the time that George Washington, Wash-ington, standing at the head of a handful of true and fearless patriots, hurled back the hosts of Britain from America's shores, planted the standard of freedom on this continent, and promulgated pro-mulgated to tho astonished world that, might was not always right never since that blessed hour have American politics been so utterly devoid of principle, prin-ciple, of patriotism, and of genuine, manly honesty as now. Time was when a man could say with a certain I degree of pride, that he hoped such a , man or such a faction would attain to tho control of the government, be- cause, in tho honesty of his pat-' pat-' riotio heart, ho believed that tho j men and the party of his choice were tho ! best that could be selected lor the Country's general good; becauso ho i knew the men thus elected would, to I the best of their ability, cnaot laws such as would enhance the national 1 welfare, iucreaso the credit of the ,1'nion, and impose no taxation that i tho government's honest obligations did not absolutely require. Those were days when law-makers confined I their legislation to the limits prescribed ' by the Constitution ; principle reigned supreme, while fi-Aicy was at a dis-, dis-, count. Circumstances have changed. A man's ability and fitness for the office ho aspires to are not questioned ; his blind fealty to the party he represents is. The enactments ho supports are not so much a question of whether they comply with the fundamental law of the land, as whether that law can be shaped to suit tho requirements of the enactment. The necessities and circumstances of the people are not thought of when money is to be raised by taxation, but the question which rules is, "How much have we to raise in order that our party may be successful in this campaign?" .Not long ago there was a party in the United States to which, by its mere opposition to the controlling faction fac-tion if nothing else, many of the "bone and sinew" of the nation looked forward to as a relief from unconstitutional unconstitu-tional laws, unnatural social customs and oppressive taxation ; it pledged itself devoutly to these ends ; thore was a faint ray of hope in the minds, of many that its integrity would be preserved pre-served inviolate. But, alas! for human hu-man expectation, the hope of gaining the spoils consequent upon a political victory proved too much forits cupidity ! to withstand, and principle, honor, : reputation, all, have been sacrificed upon the unholy altar of mean ambition and petty avarice ! '1 he occasion alluded to transpired quite recently, in the sovereign State of Ohio. The party which had so long ' boasted of its devoted loyalty to the 1 Constitution as it ought to be foreseeing foresee-ing that, in the face of moneyed corporations cor-porations and other extraneous advantages advan-tages of the foe, they might be in the minority go back on the Constitution, Constitu-tion, kick low taxation out of doors, I and announce their readiness to shut ! the gates of mercy on that portion ot their countrymen who waged an unsuc-j unsuc-j ecssful war to establish the doctrine of i State supremacy ! Great victory ! iDown with principle!! Hurrah for expediency! I ! liid the "man and brother" come in and take a seat with ! us at this feast of corruption and flow ! of treacherv I Henri Eifje. |